On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 23:52 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Douglas McClendon (dmc.fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > > So maybe the above (I'm skeptical, was that 8.6M *squashfs compressed* > > saved?) only helps for one release cycle. Then for a release cycle or two > > you have to sacrifice shipping every language in the world on the same cd, > > and go with regional spins. > > That's my point, though - how is a release method where each release > you offer *less* functionality to the user a good thing? Of cause not, but ... All this is based on the assumption "media technology doesn't evolve". Fact is it does. We once had "Linux on 5 floppies", then "Linux on CD", then "Linux on X CDs", then "Linux on DVD", now we're gradually approaching the "Linux on online media-age". That said, I don't see much sense in spinning "crippled distros on <small media>". Instead we should have a very small "minimum installation/loader <medium>", which should redirect users either to further "add-on <media>" or directly send them on-line. In an ideal world, I would like to see something like a set of CDs/DVDs, one of which is "the installer CD", and a loosely coupled set of CDs containing all packages Fedora consists of. Not a "Gnome-edition", not a "KDE-edition", not a "gamers', engineer's or whatever edition". Actually, I thought that this would be what you (rel-eng) guys would be working on. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
